Tintern Abbey: Ode to Duty; Ode On Intimations of Immortality; the Happy Warrior; Resolution and Independence; and On the Power of Sound

by William Wordsworth

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Genres: Poetry

52 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1798

About the author

William Wordsworth (1770-1850) was a major English romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their 1798 joint publication, Lyrical Ballads.

Wordsworth's masterpiece is generally considered to be The Prelude, an autobiographical poem of his early years, which the poet revised and expanded a number of times. The work was posthumously titled and published, prior to which, it was generally known as the poem "to Coleridge". Wordsworth was England's Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death in 1850.

Reviews

[Nicis]

Vivimos gracias al corazón humano,
gracias a su ternura, sus alegrías, y sus miedos,
el soplo de la más humilde de las flores puede ofrecer
pensamientos que a menudo encuentro demasiado profundos para desgarrarlos.

[John Yelverton]

Though it is a decent poem, I frankly found my definition of duty and William Wordsworth's definition to be different, and therefore, I could not enjoy his ode to it.

[Rose]

These are maybe my favorite poems from my British Lit survey course. Maybe it's because I lagged and sluggishly worked my way through Milton already that these seem simple, to the point, and show the height of natural description.

[Pablo López Astudillo]

Conteniendo (quizá) los mejores poemas del autor, esta antología dibuja un esbozo contundente de la obra Wordsworthiana. La naturaleza y el cruce con la emoción del hablante me hicieron llorar, así espero llore quien lo visite, quien logre admirar la belleza musa de este poetón.

[Shihab Uddin]

'Serene will be our days and bright, And happy will our nature be, When love is an unerring light, And joy its own security.'

[Alka Seltzer]

Me encanta el contacto con la naturaleza que existe en su poesía, es simplemente magnífico. Me fascinó.

[Matias Dalsgaard]

I spent much time studying the English romantic writers when I was in my early twenties. Especially Wordsworth who's great poem of memory Tintern Abbey I even translated into Danish. I have never seen landscapes as beautifully described as in this poem - not because the descriptions are loaded with poetic images, but because the landscape in Wordsworth becomes a landscape of human psychology and recollection. The landscape is loaded with human meaning and importance - the only realistic way to describe a landscape to the human eye, in my point of view.

[Allie]

A great example of romantic poetry, however it was a little too long and rambling for me. Sentences are broken up across several lines, inhibiting the poem's "flow" and overall the piece is a tad too sentimental for me. Yes, Wordsworth is portraying spiritual joy and wonderment - he is, after all, a "worshipper of Nature" - and had it been shorter I would have accepted the rich detail he uses; but the poem's length makes him seem slightly crazed.

[Maddison Holland]

I am a romantic at heart so I can't help but be mesmerized by these beautiful poems. I enjoy reading something that was created out of a desire to explore the everyday beautiful moments in life. Read for Masterpieces of Literature.

[Zerin Hasan]

2.5 stars :/
I normally like enjoying nature, but highlighting about it in hundred shades are bit boring to me :/ This writing has many lessons but not my type :/

[Sohail]

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